The 10-member BJP legislature Party (BJPlP) will hold its meeting here on June 11, a day before the Assembly session begins, to elect its leader in the House.
Senior BJP leader and Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar, who has been appointed as the party observer, would be present at the meeting, BJP State president KV Singh Deo said on Saturday.Senior BJP leader Dilip Ray is likely to be elected as the leader of the BJPlP, party sources said.The Congress legislature Party (ClP) will also decide on its leader on July 11. AICC leader Ajay Maken and the party’s Odisha in-charge BK Hariprasad will oversee the election. Senior leader and Balangir MlA Narasingha Mishra is most likely to be elected ClP leader unopposed.